Below are three pitches for possible films for which we could create a film opening to, I will present these idea's to my group and we will decide which one we feel will be best to continue and develop the opening scene.
Pitch 1 - Missing (Supernatrual/Beast) - People begin mysteriously dissapearing from area (perhaps near train station), supernatrual forces believed to be behind the unexplained dissapearences.
Pitch 2 - United (Hooligan Film) - Swindon Town and Oxford United meet for the first time in 20 years, specialist detective warns police force that there will be more trouble than expected and relates this meeting to the recent Millwall, Westham clash that had a disastrous outcome, however his warnings are dismissed as hooliganism is believed to be a thing of the past.
Pitch 3 - Escape (Gang) - Leader of a youth gang wishes to pass on leadership to his younger brother. Shows the struggle of this younger brother to escape the gang culture with the help of his musical talent.
Monday, 17 October 2011
Initial Ideas for Opening Film. - Gang Culture
Another possible genre for a film opening that I believe we could possibly explore is the idea of gang culture. These films are on an increase in popularity reflecting the real life events and gangs, modern audiences are interested in believable story lines and as the increase of coverage of gangs by the media increases..
Example - The London Riots, below is a clip of a gang of youths robbing another injured man during the riots
The gang mentality was most likely adopted from America, gangs such as the Bloods and the Crips are famous for gang warfare and the increase in gangs in England has been mirrored by an increase in "Gang films" for example One Day..
Another example of a film involving gangs is "This is England" a film following a group of friends who get involved with a number of skinheads who support groups such as the English Defence League and other racial groups.
This is interesting to look at as it shows the change in gang mentality but also the similarities accross all gangs. The switch in This is England from friends to gang is very noticeable and it is an interesting subject to examine, when do a group of friends become a "gang" something that is considered very negative recently and even making new laws allowing gang members to be banned from wearing certain colours if the police feel that it relates to a gang.
Example - The London Riots, below is a clip of a gang of youths robbing another injured man during the riots
The gang mentality was most likely adopted from America, gangs such as the Bloods and the Crips are famous for gang warfare and the increase in gangs in England has been mirrored by an increase in "Gang films" for example One Day..
Another example of a film involving gangs is "This is England" a film following a group of friends who get involved with a number of skinheads who support groups such as the English Defence League and other racial groups.
This is interesting to look at as it shows the change in gang mentality but also the similarities accross all gangs. The switch in This is England from friends to gang is very noticeable and it is an interesting subject to examine, when do a group of friends become a "gang" something that is considered very negative recently and even making new laws allowing gang members to be banned from wearing certain colours if the police feel that it relates to a gang.
Initial Ideas for Opening Film. - Supernatural/Beast
Another idea we had for our film openings was a presence of something supernatural, a death and perhaps the solving of this death, or witness of it. Something that we were keen to intergrate into the opening was the idea of viewing the scene through this evil beings eyes. It's seen in many films for example in the "Witness" opening film. Although viewed in a different context, the basic idea of the shot is still the same (you may want to skip to 2:00 minutes if you only want to view the camera angle).
Initial Ideas for Opening Film.
In the first meeting we had as a group we decided that we would split up the responsibilities between the group I have been given the task of both Casting and Story narrative. We briefly spoke as a group as to what type of film we were going to create an opening to possibly a hooligan film, similar to Green street, The Firm or the Football Factories, etc. We chose to head towards this sort of genre of film because we felt it had an original and recognisable style. As well as previously analysing some other film openings I decided to have a look at two hooligan film openings to try and draw some inspiration to help decide what type of film we were going to create an opening for...
The Football Factories
I really like the way the film shows surveillance images, newspaper cuttings and similar short clips strung together with opening titles, it puts the audience in the position of a sort of inspector trying to decipher who the hooligans are, this led me to consider creating an opening for a film like this following the life of a detective who specialises in tracking down football hooligans.
Green Street Hooligans
The opening of the train station being dominated by the football fans who treat it as if they own it having no regard for other users of the trainline was a really good location, I liked the way the football fans really treated it as there home. They sung at the top of their voices kicked cans about and showed no respect for other users. The whole location was taken over by this group of individuals. This then comes to a clash of two groups, something that rarely happens and I feel that hooligans (or the more broad term of gangs) gives people a reason to fight and argue amongst each other. It creates a tension when people are seperated into two groups and whether or not it is moral to fight for nothing more than belonging to different groups of people, the notion that some people find it acceptable and do carry out fights because of this is not one that is impossible to imagine amongst modern audiences.
The Football Factories
I really like the way the film shows surveillance images, newspaper cuttings and similar short clips strung together with opening titles, it puts the audience in the position of a sort of inspector trying to decipher who the hooligans are, this led me to consider creating an opening for a film like this following the life of a detective who specialises in tracking down football hooligans.
Green Street Hooligans
The opening of the train station being dominated by the football fans who treat it as if they own it having no regard for other users of the trainline was a really good location, I liked the way the football fans really treated it as there home. They sung at the top of their voices kicked cans about and showed no respect for other users. The whole location was taken over by this group of individuals. This then comes to a clash of two groups, something that rarely happens and I feel that hooligans (or the more broad term of gangs) gives people a reason to fight and argue amongst each other. It creates a tension when people are seperated into two groups and whether or not it is moral to fight for nothing more than belonging to different groups of people, the notion that some people find it acceptable and do carry out fights because of this is not one that is impossible to imagine amongst modern audiences.
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Saving Private Ryan - Omaha Beach Scene Part 1 - Super High Quality
I chose this clip because I really like the way it is edited, the way the camera shakes to emphasize the fear shown by the soldiers really creates an atmosphere at the very start of the clip. It puts the audience in a position where they can really consider what might have been going through the soldiers heads at this time. The camera angles and lighting are chosen carefully to keep the enemy anonymous and unseen, this makes them seem less human and enhances the fear of this unknown enemy. Another aspect I particularly liked was where everything slowed down and the sound completely cuts out, this is an extremely effective edit and creates tension, fear and isolates the character from the scene, allowing both the character and the audience to really take in the horror happening in the scene. The transitions are clean and smooth, with a good mix of both shaky camera shots and still shots really makes the audience feel a part of the action. Although not to do with editing another effective aspect of this scene is the background noise, it makes it hard to hear the characters and really creates a feeling of chaos and terror.
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